Quiz on Mobile Knowledge for Social Change
From Shareideas
1. The only technology that compares to the mobile phone in terms of pervasiveness and accessibility in the developing world is the
1. Televsion
2. Internet
3. Radio
4. Newspaper
2. Mobiles are powerful because they’re
1. Pervasive, personal, and capable of authoring content.
2. Able to access the internet
3. Able to send e-mails
4. Manufactured to high standards
3. Bluetooth
1. Provides a way to access the internet
2. Provides a way to communicate over long distances
3. Provides Dial-up internet access on a mobile device
4. Provides a way to connect and exchange information between local electronic devices
4. What is a Flash Mob?
1. A way to deliver multimedia content to a mobile device
2. A gathering of people organized spontaneously via txt messaging, the internet or other mobile communication.
3. A way to quickly remove all content from a mobile device
4. A signal a mobile device gives out when it is fully charged
5. Which of these is not saved on a mobile phone by default
1. Call logs – calls made and received: Who to, date, time,duration
2. SMS - text messages sent and received
3. Music
4. Contact information
6. Choose all that apply. Why are mobile phones useful for activists and NGOs?
1. Mobiles are small and highly portable, and are hence accessible when on the move.
2.The growing infrastructure in even highly remote and rural locations makes mobile phones an accessible means of communication in the developing world.
3.They are secure communication devices
4.There is a relatively low learning curve to using a phone, making it far more accessible than computers to a wider range of constituents
7. Choose all that apply. In order to make your mobile device as secure as possible you should
1. Make it routine to delete the information on your phone.
2. Consider turning the phone off at certain times.
3. Consider taking the battery out of any other mobile phones in your vicinity
4. Not use a pre-paid SIM card
8. Maps from a Geographical Information System can be output to a mobile device.
1. True
2. False
9. Can you send SMS messages from a web page?
1. Yes
2. No
10. Choose all that apply. An alternative to a ring tone for mobile phones is a vibrating alert. This may be useful:
1. In noisy environments
2. When there is litle battery power
3. In places where ring tone noise would be disturbing
4. For those with a hearing loss
11. What is Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)?
1. It enable access to the Internet from a mobile device
2. It enables mobile devices to run without mains power
3. It enables mobile devices to run third party applications
4. It is a communication protocol to transmit movies
12. Fill in the blank.
The campaign spread organically — virally — with recipients forwarding the *_____* to multiple friends.
13. Fill in the blank.
The impact of mobile phones has been profound in developing countries that do not have a *_____* telecommunications infrastructure.
14. Fill in the blank.
Open Source Software is software for which the underlying *____* is available to the users so that they may read it, make changes to it, and build new versions of the software incorporating their changes.
15. Fill in the blank
A specialized site that allows an individual or group of individuals to share a running log of events and personal insights with online audiences is called a *_____*
16. True or False.
Using GPRS-enabled phones, on-the-ground citizens reporters don’t need an internet connection at all - only mobile coverage - to send video, voice, and text.
Answers
1. Answer: 3
2. Answer: 1
3. Answer: 4
4. Answer: 2
5. Answer: 3
6. Answer:1,2 and 4
7. Answer: 1,2 and 3
8. Answer 1
9. Answer 1
10. Answer 1,3 and 4
11. Answer 1
12. Answer 'message'
13. Answer 'good'
14. Answer 'code'
15. Answer 'weblog'
16. Answer. True
